First edition, first printing and trade paperback. (No hardcover edition published.) Very fine (unread) trade paperback. Hopkinson won the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel for Brown Girl in the Ring (1998). Signed and dated "Apr 28/01" by Hopkinson on the title page. Award History: 2000 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (Lost to Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear); 2000 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Rowling); 2000 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee for Best Novel (Lost to Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith); 2001 Sunburst Award Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Galveston by Sean Stewart).